Biography
Jozef Adriaan Anna Geeraerts (23 February 1930 β 11 May 2015), better known as Jef Geeraerts, was a Belgian writer.
Geeraerts was born in Antwerp. After his studies in political and administrative sciences at the Colonial University of Belgium in Antwerp he became a colonial administrator in Belgian Congo. On the independence of the Congo he sent his wife and children back to Belgium and in August 1960 he himself returned to Belgium. During the next six years he was paid by the government (return program). After that time he needed to find a job to survive. He decided to become a writer and went to the University of Brussels to study Germanic languages.
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GenderMale
Birthday1930-02-23
Deathday2015-05-11 (85 years old)
Birth NameJozef Adriaan Anna Geeraerts
Birth PlaceAntwerp, Belgium
CitizenshipsBelgium
Also Known AsJozef Adriaan Anna Geeraerts
AwardsArkprijs van het Vrije Woord, Gouden Strop
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